libmount-sys: Unsafe Rust bindings for libmount of util-linux
The libmount library is used to, among other things:
- Parse
/etc/fstab,/etc/mtaband/proc/self/mountinfofiles, - Manage the
mtabfile, - Evaluate mount options.
This crate is Linux-specific. Building it for non-Linux platforms, or for the Linux kernel, results in an empty crate.
This crate links to libmount, and requires it to be installed.
See below for example installation instructions.
Installing libmount
This crate links to libmount, and requires it to be installed.
The library, its C header files, and the clang compiler need to be installed on the build machine.
On Debian, for example, one can install that as follows:
If the library is linked dynamically (most typical configuration), then it needs to be installed on the target computer in order to run the resulting program. On Debian, for example, one can install it as follows:
Supported environment variables
This crate depends on some environment variables, and variants of those.
For each environment variable (e.g., CC), the following are the accepted
variants of it:
<var>_<target>, e.g.,CC_aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.<var>_<target-with-underscores>, e.g.,CC_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu.TARGET_<var>, e.g.,TARGET_CC.<var>, e.g.,CC.
The following environment variables (and their variants) affect how this crate is built:
LIBMOUNT_STATICLIBMOUNT_PATHLIBMOUNT_INCLUDE_DIRLIBMOUNT_LIB_DIRSYSROOTCCCFLAGS
Dynamic or static linking
This crate links to libmount dynamically if possible, except when targeting
platforms based on the musl C library.
This behavior can be changed either by setting the environment variable
LIBMOUNT_STATIC to 1, or by enabling the crate feature static.
If both are defined, then the value of LIBMOUNT_STATIC takes precedence.
Setting LIBMOUNT_STATIC to 0 mandates dynamic linking.
Finding libmount library and headers
By default, this crate finds libmount headers and library based on the default
target C compiler.
This behavior can be changed by:
- Either defining the environment variable
LIBMOUNT_PATHto the path of a directory containing the subdirectoriesincludeandlibwhere the headers and library are installed. - Or by defining one or both of the environment variables
LIBMOUNT_INCLUDE_DIRandLIBMOUNT_LIB_DIRto paths to the directories where headers and library are present. IfLIBMOUNT_PATHis also defined, thenLIBMOUNT_INCLUDE_DIRandLIBMOUNT_LIB_DIRtake precedence.
Depending on this crate
This crate provides the following variables to other crates that depend on it:
DEP_LIBMOUNT_INCLUDE: Path of the directory where library C header files reside.DEP_LIBMOUNT_LIB: Path of the directory where the library binary resides.
Versioning
This project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
The CHANGELOG.md file details notable changes over time.